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It's the news that the world expected to hear Corbin Bryant Bills Jersey , but it still doesn't ease the enormity of one of the biggest scandals to ever engulf sport. So rampant was Lance Armstrong's systemic approh to doping that the head of the International Cycling Union (UCI), Pat McQuaid, said it owed Armstrong's relentless win-at-all costs ntality."We're looking at an enormous, sophisticated doping program. It was win-at-all costs," said the Iriman, who took over the UCI presidency ortly after the US rider's seventh and final Tour de France win.McQuaid fronted the world's press on Monday night (EDT) to hand down his verdict and he didn't disguise his disappointnt.UCI Bans Armstrong For Life UCI: 'Lance has no ple in cycling'+43Explanation: Why Cadel t with Ferrari+5Fallout: 'Biggest crisis cycling's fed'+2Quotes: World rets to 'sickening' news+3Crisis: 'Tour history now blank'+Decision: Lance's legy to be erased+16Dilemma: Lance's brutal thods revealed+2 "I have to say and admit, as a (forr) cyclist and ing from a cycling family, I was sickened by what I read in the USADA report," he said in Geneva.In particular, he said he was baffled that soone like Armstrong's forr team-mate David Zabriskie could be pressured into taking performance-enhancing drugs.Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar.Related ContentTiline: The Lance chronology+7End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar."The way he was coerced and forced into doping is just mind-boggling. I just found it hard to understand," said McQuaid.McQuaid claid the USADA dossier suggested that many of Armstrong's forr team-mates at US Postal had not set out to cheat."In fairness, when reading the affidavits you realise that most of the guys who were on that team Colton Schmidt Bills Jersey , had no intention getting into doping."They were coerced into it and even one or o were forced into it."How has the world retion to this bombell, USADAThe head of the US anti-doping body has called for a truth mission to uncover drug cheats in cycling, saying that puniing Lance Armstrong is not nearly enough to restore its credibility."It is essential that an independent and aningful Truth and Reconciliation Commission be establied so that the sport can fully unkle itself from the past," USADA chairman Travis Tygart said in a statent.In his statent Monday, Tygart said ting against Armstrong is not enough."There are many more details of doping that are hidden, many more doping doctors, and corrupt team directors and the orta has not yet been fully broken," he said.Tygart said puniing Armstrong and riders who ca forward to talk about his doping tivities cannot be seen as "penance for an era of pervasive doping.""There must be more tion to bat the system that took over the sport," Tygart said. "Only an independent Truth and Reconciliation Commission can fully start cycling on the path toward true reform and provide hope for a plete break from the past."US CYCLINGUSA Cycling officials believed his na had bee a liability even before Monday's official decision.Their "Lance Armstrong Junior Re Series" was last week renad the "USA Cycling Road Developnt Re Series"."Lance Armstrong supported the junior re series for over 20 years,'' USA Cycling chief executive Steve Johnson said in announcing the change on Friday,cheap nba oes."However, given the recent revelations involving Mr. Armstrong and in order to continue to grow this developnt program Chris Williams Bills Jersey , we feel it is only appropriate to initiate this change of title not only for this program and its re directors, but also for the bright future of budding Arican cyclists."SPONSORSLance Armstrong lost another big-na sponsor on Monday when Oakley, the sports eyewear maker, broke off its relationip with the disgred Arican cyclist."When Lance joined our family many years ago, he was a symbol of possibility," it said in a statent just hours after world cycling erning body UCI stripped Armstrong of virtually all his re results."We are deeply saddened by the oute, but look forward with hope to athletes and teams of the future who will rekindle that inspiration by ring clean, fair and honest."It follows Nike's decision last week to walk away from their forr prized asset, which was followed by Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch and Trek, makers of the bicycles he rode to first ple in seven Tour de France res..TOUR DE FRANCE CHIEF"We wi that there is no winner for this period. For us, very clearly, the titles ould remain blank. Effectively Chris Hogan Bills Jersey , we wi for these years to remain without winners."Armstrong also finied third in the 2009 Tour in his ebk year and will lose that too.The UCI will et on Friday to consider re-attribution of titles and prize money from res."In all logic, everything must disappear," Prudhom said. "This is the story of a real talent who lost his way." DONORS OF PRIZE MONEYDallas insurance pany SCA Promotions is demanding the return of millions of dollars in bonuses paid to Lance Armstrong now that the ad cyclist's Tour de France victories have been expunged."Mr Armstrong is no longer the official winner of any Tour de France res and as a result it is inappropriate and improper for him to retain any bonus paynts made by SCA," Jeffrey Dorough, general counsel for the firm, said Monday in a telephone interview."The only figure I can confirm is the $7.5 million paid to Mr Armstrong in 2006 pursuant to the arbitration," Dorough said, but added: "Any sum that was paid by SCA would be in play."EUROPETour of Spain organiser Javier Guillen: "Events as serious as that can only have the consequences they have had," Guillen said. "So I feel the retion of the UCI sits properly with the seriousness of the fts."We now have to stress that nobody is above the law and it is ti to write a new page for cycling, as I hope this affair marks the turning of the page for the old cycling."Belgian head Tom Van Dam: "if you have read the (USADA) dossier then this is the only verdict."For a good while now the UCI has been aused from all sides - doubtless wrongly" of having sohow gone along with Ar.

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